caliper painting

Just ordered some red caliper paint and some new supra sticker things in carbon colour.

Any tips from you guys who have painted your calipers. won't be removing them and will be using a brush.

Use lots of thin coats to avoid drips onto your discs and pads, and use plenty of masking tape. And don't do what i did with the decals and try to put them on when the paint has only had an hour or so to dry, smudged the paint and had to re-paint the caliper, Doh!

I used Hammerite Smooth, two coats job done no drips no probs.

I used that halfrauds caliper paint, very thin paint!

I used Hammerite Smooth, two coats job done no drips no probs.

Good stuff this. I used it to paint underneath my mr2 mk1.....

ive been wanting to do this, but didnt know about the stickers! where can u get them from?

here you go matey

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TOYOTA-Supra-Brake-Caliper-Decals-Stickers_W0QQitemZ4578792397QQcategoryZ10428QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I've got a white Supra and was thinking of painting them white, not sure if it'll look ok. It could look awesome, or look silly. What do you guys think?

wicked, cheers jim

Ok well this is my job for the weekend as well as spraying the carpet, but with a purple car what coulour do you think I should go for on the callipers ???

I also want to do this, black car - was thinking of red calipers - what do you think, ok or too common?

I think white might be a nightmare, always looking dirty? just a thought.

So is hammerite smooth better than the halfrauds caliper paint?

Did mines with the halfords stuff last weekend. Bit thin but does the job, 2 coats worked fine for me.

I went red, though common i still reckon its the best colour, especially on black chilli!

I've got a white Supra and was thinking of painting them white, not sure if it'll look ok. It could look awesome, or look silly. What do you guys think?

As chilli says white calipers would be hard to keep clean! but I think would look pretty good, and would certainly be different!

Ok well this is my job for the weekend as well as spraying the carpet, but with a purple car what coulour do you think I should go for on the callipers ???

red is always a safe bet, have done gold in the past on a different car which I think would look quite nice, hard colour to paint on though, quite a few streaks!

I also want to do this, black car - was thinking of red calipers - what do you think, ok or too common?

 

I think white might be a nightmare, always looking dirty? just a thought.

 

So is hammerite smooth better than the halfrauds caliper paint?

I don't think red is too common, I think it still looks nice.

and after using the halfrauds paint, dont know if I would use it again. It did give a very smooth finish but couldn't say how it compares to hammerite's finish.

I also want to do this, black car - was thinking of red calipers - what do you think, ok or too common?

 

I think white might be a nightmare, always looking dirty? just a thought.

 

So is hammerite smooth better than the halfrauds caliper paint?

Agreed red would look the best on your car, would set your wheels off well !!!

and I was thinking red for me , its porb the best colour for callipers !

...and what about painting the "drum looking part" on the rear, I know its not adrum brake but wasnt sure how to sedcribe it. Has any one else looked at doing this, as mine is as bad as the callipers !!!

I painted the "drum" bits black. Didn't fancy them in red as they look a little off IMO. Black just tidies them up a bit.

Any tips from you guys who have painted your calipers.

Top tip, remove the wheels first, as it's really fiddly getting at the callipers otherwise

I think the "drum" at the rear is called a "Bell" - anyway mine is the same, was also thinking of Black smoothrite for that to tidy it up, don't want it to stand out!

Is the bell actually part of the rear disc? if not I might consider replacing it, as mine seems well rusty! guess a wire brush and some elbow grease could clean it up nicely though.

Ok red it is think I'll try the smoothrite, don't think me and runny paint will get on at all lol

Good point about keeping them clean. Think maybe blue then, was thinking of colour coding the car (long term) in blue. Blue on white, that'd look niiice.

Did mine blue. I used halfords caliper paint and found it to be really thick and gooey!!! Looks good with Gordons decals.

As for this 'drum', are we talking about the bit on the outside of the disc that prevents the rear of the disc from getting dirty, or the bit in the middle (hub) that the wheel attaches onto?

If it's the latter I painted mine silver with hammerite so it matches the wheel/disc, looks good.

The outer bit shouldn't be seen IMO so black if you're going to do it.

Just ordered some red caliper paint and some new supra sticker things in carbon colour.

 

Any tips from you guys who have painted your calipers. won't be removing them and will be using a brush.

I've been thinking of doing the same with mine, but resisted as I couldn't decide between 'giving them a good clean' or painting... hmmmm....

I think for the drum (bell) bit we mean the bit the wheel bolts too, the thing that the studs go through from the hub to the wheel, presumably it's just part of the disc itself.

The disc surround (whatever thats called, a guard?) is not so visable, not so worried about that but I guess if you can see it and it looks bad then black is the best option.

I used black hammerite smooth, just a couple of coats did the job........... I waited 24 hours before i applied the decals.

Did mine last weekend.I used an angle grinder with a wirebrush...took only a few minutes to clean on the car.Left me with a swollen hand from the angle grinder tough...never used one before,lol.Oh yes,wait at least 24 hrs before you drive your car again,because the paint may still be "soft" even though it feels dry.

has anyone powder coated their calipers? I'm thinking of doing this but not sure if it can damage the seals or anything. I don't have a clue!